In this way they form a kind of involucre around the central parts. From Wordnik.com. [Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation] Reference
Most of the nuts drop because of the injury to the involucre. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Seventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. September 8 and 9, 1916.] Reference
This beetle ordinarily lays its eggs in the involucre of the butternut. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Second Annual Meeting Ithaca, New York, December 14 and 15, 1911] Reference
In these the involucre is little altered, and the receptacle is attacked by larva. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
Senegambia, but less glabrous, and with the leaflets of the involucre much larger. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia] Reference
ANTHEMOIDES, D.C., with the leaves pubescent and the scales of the involucre paler. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia] Reference
"Filbert" is a corruption of "full beard," and refers to the involucre extending beyond the nut. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, report of the proceedings at the sixth annual meeting Rochester, New York, September 1 and 2, 1915] Reference
This purple variety has nuts with a brownish red involucre showing sharply against the green leaves. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting New York City, September 3, 4 and 5, 1924] Reference
On one of my black walnut trees there is a serious pest, a very little worm which infests the involucre. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, report of the proceedings at the eighth annual meeting Stamford, Connecticut, September 5 and 6, 1917] Reference
The archegonia are protected by being sunk in depressions of the disk or by a special two-lipped involucre. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
They are further protected by the growth of the hinder margin of the depression to form a scale-like involucre (in). From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
The leaves are ternate, segments numerous; each leaf springs from the tuber, with the exception of those of the involucre. From Wordnik.com. [Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.] Reference
In some localities involucre borers make tunnels between the nut and the involucre, interfering with the development of the kernel. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Second Annual Meeting Ithaca, New York, December 14 and 15, 1911] Reference
A species fairly abundant in Connecticut, and I transplanted these bushes because they happened to have a tremendously long involucre. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, report of the proceedings at the eighth annual meeting Stamford, Connecticut, September 5 and 6, 1917] Reference
Whether open or shut, they are a pure white, and their pendent habit adds not a little to their beauty, as also does the leafy involucre. From Wordnik.com. [Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.] Reference
The scaly involucre is formed of numerous small members of a dark olive-green colour, neatly arranged and firmly clasping the whole flower. From Wordnik.com. [Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.] Reference
The involucre-scales are sometimes delicately rose-coloured. From Wordnik.com. [Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart] Reference
A partial involucre; at the origin of the partial umbel. —. From Wordnik.com. [The language of botany : being a dictionary of the terms made use of in that science, principally by Linneus ...] Reference
The majority of the eggs were laid upon the calyx and involucre. From Wordnik.com. [Thirty Years a Slave]
The in - volucre at the foot of this is called the Partial involucre. From Wordnik.com. [The language of botany : being a dictionary of the terms made use of in that science, principally by Linneus ...] Reference
In the dandelion the bracts of the involucre give the best characters. From Wordnik.com. [Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation] Reference
A univerfal involucre; placed at the origin of the univerfal umbel. —. From Wordnik.com. [The language of botany : being a dictionary of the terms made use of in that science, principally by Linneus ...] Reference
I found the first point of similarity with the filbert is in the involucre covering the nut. From Wordnik.com. [Growing Nuts in the North A Personal Story of the Author's Experience of 33 Years with Nut Culture in Minnesota and Wisconsin] Reference
The involucre of the Winkler hazel is formed much more like that of the filbert than that of the hazel. From Wordnik.com. [Growing Nuts in the North A Personal Story of the Author's Experience of 33 Years with Nut Culture in Minnesota and Wisconsin] Reference
Another feature about the involucre of the. From Wordnik.com. [Growing Nuts in the North A Personal Story of the Author's Experience of 33 Years with Nut Culture in Minnesota and Wisconsin] Reference
Page 29 was laid, be it leaf, stem or involucre. From Wordnik.com. [Thirty years a slave : from bondage to freedom : the institution of slavery as seen on the plantation and in the home of the planter,] Reference
A little or partial involucre. From Wordnik.com. [The language of botany : being a dictionary of the terms made use of in that science, principally by Linneus ...] Reference
A dimidiate or halv - ed involucre. From Wordnik.com. [The language of botany : being a dictionary of the terms made use of in that science, principally by Linneus ...] Reference
An involucre (from involve, to wrap up). From Wordnik.com. [The language of botany : being a dictionary of the terms made use of in that science, principally by Linneus ...] Reference
In the involucre. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Humorous Verse] Reference
A Univerfal involucre. From Wordnik.com. [The language of botany : being a dictionary of the terms made use of in that science, principally by Linneus ...] Reference
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